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Friday, March 18, 2016

Air
Arabia first scheduled flight (G9311) to Sarajevo International Airport
from Sharjah International Airport has landed today at Sarajevo Airport at
12:47 after 5 hours and 10 minutes of flying time, covering distance of 3.934
kilometers. Flight was operated with brand new Airbus A320 aircraft
registration A6-AOL with 168 seats. Aircraft with the serial number 6942, took off to the skies for the first time on January 22. 2016.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

During month of February
number of passengers using airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina has increased
from 53.303 to 63.405 (+18,95% or 10.102 passengers increase). Tuzla
International Airport recorded largest increase in passengers
handled +65,40% or 7.884 passengers increase. Sarajevo International
Airport recorded increase of 6,66% or 2.659 passengers increase, comparing to
same month last year. Banja Luka and Mostar airport recorded decrees in all
areas (flights, passengers and cargo). The only source of income for Banja Luka
airport during 2015 were cargo flights to Turkey. Scheduled Air Serbia flights
are subsidized by local government (Air Serbia does not pay landing and
handling fees to the airport). Unfortunately for Banja Luka airport MNG
Airlines cargo flights to Istanbul have stopped. Most likely flights will
reopen in the near future but from Tuzla International Airport instead. It’s not clear
yet if flights will be operated by MNG Airlines or Turkish Airlines.

Monday, March 14, 2016

From April
to October Sarajevo Int. Airport will see increase in flights on current and
new destinations. Largest increase of flights is to United Arab Emirates which
will position its self as fourth country in term of seats offered from Sarajevo.
From April to October total number of seats offered from and to Sarajevo will
reach record high of 817.016 seats. During summer timetable flights to and from
Sarajevo record on average 85% cabin load factor. Charter flights are not included in the study except flights to Antalya, Turkey. With presented timetable we
can expect record high number of passengers this year.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

From beginning of April, Sarajevo will be connected to Istanbul with four daily flights. Turkish Airlines will operate 18 weekly flights as it did last year. From April to the end of June, Pegasus Airlines will increase flights to Sarajevo to nine weekly flights, from its hub at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. One more weekly flight will be added from July to the end of October, making it 10 weekly flights between Istanbul (SAW) and Sarajevo. With four daily flights Istanbul is most popular destination for air travel to and from Sarajevo.

Over 40.000 passengers used Wizz air flights between Tuzla and Dortmund in 2015. Wizz air started flights from Tuzla to Dortmund on June 19. 2014. with two weekly flights, increasing to three flights per week during summer season. In 2014 Wizz air operated 152 flights between two cities transporting 23.333 passengers. Cabin load factor stood at 83,12%. In 2015 from January to October Wizz air recorded 36.920 passengers on 235 flights. Cabin load factor improved to 85,36%. Table below is providing detailed data for the route from 01/01/2015. to 31/10/2015.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Table below is showing traffic between
airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden on quarterly base. Data is missing
for flights from Tuzla to Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) airport. Flights on this
route have started on June 26. 2015. with two weekly flights on board of Wizzair
Airbus 320 offering 180 seats. As of November 2015 flight operate only once per
week. Based on the Wizzair schedule estimated 7.500 passengers used the route,
which is bringing total passengers between two countries to 107.856.